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Towards a happy, healthy and resilient Walthamstow


Building a fence at the community garden
Litter is becoming an issue at the TransMission Community Garden, so protect the space we build a fence out of pallets One of our main...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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The jar test – analysing the soil at the TransMission Community Garden
This simple test helps you understand the type of soil you’ve got in your plot and what sort of plants you can grow there. Our first work...
Rebecca Armstrong
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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A work day in the garden
Our first ‘work party’ in the Transmission Community Garden consisted of soil testing and putting together some raised beds. I’m not a...
Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 22, 20243 min read
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Planting bulbs at TransMission Community Garden
On Sunday 12 November we had our second event at the TransMission Community Garden: bulb planting, with a sunflower seed dyeing workshop....
Rebecca Armstrong
Nov 25, 20232 min read
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Creating a sunflower meadow in Walthamstow
It takes a community to plant hundreds of sunflowers, and we needed help – but would we get any? Rebecca Armstrong has the answers It was...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 23, 20233 min read
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2000 Sunflowers
POWER STATION is Walthamstow's beating heart of community retrofit, art and energy. Building a street-by-street, school-by-school,...
aescaife
Jul 3, 20231 min read
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Once You Know – a film screening and discussion
Transition Walthamstow is hosting a special showing of climate change documentary Once You Know and post-film discussion at Gnome House...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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Building a Cob Oven with Simon Blackwell Sat 21st September
A cob oven is a simple, hand-made, wood-fired oven that can be made by anyone. Join us and learn how to build your own outdoor oven using...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 11, 20131 min read
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Wildlife Reworked
This Sunday, 19th May, she will be at The Mill from 2pm to 4pm, where anyone who’s interested in taking part can come along to find out...
Rebecca Armstrong
May 15, 20131 min read
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Super New Foraging Plus! 8pm on Weds 24th April
We will be shown and discuss the tips and tricks of foraging: the “wheres”, “hows” and “whys” around it. There will also be an...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 14, 20131 min read
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Sat 29 Sept: Film “Power of Community”
On Saturday 29th September Transition Walthamstow is screening the film “The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”. Cuba...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 11, 20121 min read
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Weds 26th September 2012: Jam-making & Embroidery Skillshare
What can you expect from the evening? Well, there’s not enough time in an hour to actually make jam but the ladies from Significant Seams...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 11, 20121 min read
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Film evenings, draughtbusting, Lady Godiva, courgettes & local food
We are delighted to announce a series of public film screenings which will take place at 7.30pm at Forest Recycling Project (2c Bakers...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 31, 20121 min read
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Mon 9 July meeting theme and agenda announced, June meeting report
We meet at 7pm on Mon 9th July at the Hornbeam Centre, and this month’s theme is ‘mindfulness’, with the skillshare being a guided...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jun 12, 20121 min read
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Monday 11th June meeting agenda
Help us develop a vision of a vibrant low energy and more resilient Walthamstow, and identify projects to start us on our way, with...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jun 11, 20121 min read
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Next meeting Mon 14th May, progress update
Transition Walthamstow will be exploring how we can live for less as part of our new low At our last session we had a lot of fun with a...
Rebecca Armstrong
May 10, 20121 min read
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Steering Group set up, meeting date changes, next meeting Fri 27th April
As we approached Transition Walthamstow’s first 6 months of operation, at our last public meeting we reviewed what was working well and...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 26, 20121 min read
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Free Draughtbusting Workshop Sat 10th March
Do you have gappy doors or windows which are letting warm air out and cold air in, and pushing up your heating bill? Do you want to learn...
Rebecca Armstrong
Mar 5, 20121 min read
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Wellbeing, growing, draughtbusting, £ Walthamstow, …
With a growing list of exciting projects to develop, we’ll be using open space technology at our next get together on Friday 27th...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jan 27, 20121 min read
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2012 meeting dates, draughtbusting workshop, new blog page
The next meeting is at Mon 16th Jan (see agenda here), and there’s a second one this month on Fri 27th Jan; both start at 7pm and are at...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jan 6, 20121 min read
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